Deishi Shibuya ★ PLATE  

This work is a work of famous ceramist Deishi Shibuya of Hagi ware.

The clay which blended rough sand is called Oni-Hagi. The motif of Deishi's work is old huge cherry tree Usuzumi Sakura specified as the natural treasure in Gifu Prefecture. The glaze currently used for this work is straw-ashes glaze, and is the original blend glaze which Deishi studied for 30 years and was made.

Since living national treasure 10th Kyusetsu Miwa (Kyuwa) and Deishi had exchanged experience, Deishi's glaze is also like Kyusetsu white glaze and the glaze which is uncomparerable and very alike.

Awards and Prizes

- Hagi artist associate member.

- The Hagi art exhibition, 5 times winning a contest.

- The Yamaguchi art exhibition, 3 times winning a contest.

- Kyushu, Yamaguchi pottery exhibition, winning a contest.

- Japanese present age technical exhibition, Chugoku district, 3 times winning a contest.

- The 18th present-age applied-fine-arts exhibition, winning a contest.

- 1984 International art culture prize, an award.

- He was inaugurated as the Hagi traditional-handicrafts association president in 1990.